TWX15SDTE
Product Information:
TANGLEWOOD’S SUNDANCE PERFORMANCE PRO
SERIES IS THE CULMINATION OF DECADES OF GUITAR BUILDING EXPERTISE
AND RESEARCH. SWEDISH MASTER LUTHIER MICHAEL SANDEN HAS DESIGNED
TANGLEWOOD’S NEW FLAGSHIP MODELS, BOASTING ALL SOLID WOOD
COMBINATIONS AND SUMPTUOUS FEATURES ON SOME OF THE MOST POPULAR AND
ICONIC ACOUSTIC BODY SHAPES IN GUITAR HISTORY.
The All Solid Wood Sundance Performance Pro X15 SDTE model is a
comfortable, vintage Slope Shoulder Dreadnought bodied guitar. The
Slope Shoulder Dreadnought shape strikes the most even balance
between volume, size and ease of playing. An outstanding guitar for
the professional player, it features a hand selected premium AAA
grade solid Spruce top, coupled with genuine Solid Mahogany back and
sides.
Grand Master luthier Michael Sanden designed a new special bracing
pattern for the TW15 SDTE, which features traditional quarter sawn
spruce in a tapered style, using a combination of X bracing and fan
bracing. This arrangement recovers an outstanding flexibility and
tonality from the AAA grade kiln aged solid spruce top, creating a
much more stable top than standard bracing. The evenness of tone and
sustained harmonics are testament to Michaels bracing system for
sure.
The solid spruce was hand selected by Michael Sanden as it has a
tone that makes it a very good ‘all-rounder’. Using a new kiln
drying technique called Torrefaction, the TW15 SDTE has been created
with unique sound characteristics that replicate a well loved
vintage instrument that has been played in for over 30 years!
First, the wood is kiln-dried conventionally to a moisture level of
6 to 10 percent. The wood is then “cooked” in a torrefaction kiln at
a high temperature while controlling atmospheric moisture and oxygen
levels. After the moisture level is taken to zero percent, the wood
is placed in a conditioning chamber where the level of moisture is
raised to 3 to 6 percent. The resulting wood boasts greater
stability—especially beneficial as it’s exposed to atmospheric
moisture during the life of an instrument—due to the closure of the
cells when the water and sap is released from the wood.
“The wood is heat-treated in an oxygen-free kiln, making it highly
resonant and extremely stable, it’s as if the wood is pre-aged.”
Says Master designer Michael Sanden, “The process makes the guitar
feel like a favourite old model that’s been played in daily for the
last 20 years… it really does open up the spruce to that degree.”
The solid mahogany used for the back and sides is a dense wood, with
a dark finish, and tight grain. The mahogany’s density can add great
projection to the guitar, adding warmth, but with definition. The
combination of spruce and mahogany is one of the most popular,
because it offers a tone that is very balanced, but versatile,
lending itself very well to any musical style. Besides serving to
form the enclosure of the soundbox, the back and sides of the guitar
also act as a sympathetic resonator whose oscillations contribute
greatly to the harmonic mix.
The Mahogany necks are constructed with a traditional dove tail join
and the Mahogany itself provides excellent longitudinal strength.
They are C-shaped in a smooth comfortable oval profile that works
well for most playing styles.
The chrome Grover buttons were chosen as Grover are recognised
worldwide as industry leaders for high-quality machine heads.
Elixir Nanoweb Phosphor Bronze 12-53 Light E16052 Acoustic Guitar
Strings were selected for the Sundance Performance Pro range.
Phosphor bronze strings offer the most sensitive, expressive tone
that brings out the very best in guitars—virtually taking them to a
higher level of play. However, that tone can be short-lived. Elixir
Strings has solved this classic conundrum by applying an ultra-thin
layer of NANOWEB Coating to protect the string’s windings hence
preserving the coveted phosphor bronze tone. Many players prefer the
rich, textured tone of phosphor bronze strings. These Elixir Strings
capture the sweet spot of that unique phosphor bronze tone and
extend it 3-5x longer than conventional strings.
The guitar is finished in a high gloss, violin sunburst,
polyurethane finish, which gives it a vintage, classic look and
feel.
Specifications:
SHAPE: Sloped Shoulder Dreadnought
TOP: Torrefied Solid Spruce
BACK: Solid Mahogany
SIDES: Solid Mahogany
NECK (MATERIAL): Mahogany
FINGERBOARD: Tech Wood
BRIDGE: Walnut
BINDING: ABS White
SADDLE (WIDTH): Bone, Compensating (72mm)
NUT (WIDTH): Bone (43mm)
SCALE LENGTH: 650mm
MACHINE HEADS: Chrome Grover
FINISH: Vintage Burst Gloss
EQ: Fishman Presys+
STRINGS: Elixir 16052 Phosphor Bronze
SKU: X15SDTE
RANGE: Sundance Performance Pro
UPC: 810944019897
Timber in accordance with Cities regulations
SLOPED SHOULDER DREADNOUGHT DIMENSIONS
UPPER BOUT WIDTH: 293mm
LOWER BOUT WIDTH: 397mm
WAIST WIDTH: 228mm
BODY DEPTH (TOP): 96mm
BODY DEPTH (BOTTOM): 122mm
BODY LENGTH: 508mm
TOTAL LENGTH: 1047mm
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